[25623] in Athena Bugs
Re: linux 9.2.29: sawfish
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Kevin Chen)
Tue Apr 27 00:11:42 2004
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From: Kevin Chen <kchen@mit.edu>
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This actually happened again today. I ran xev, which didn't report
anything when I moved the mouse around, even though the cursor on the
screen was moving. After restarting sawfish, xev behaved as normal.
Kevin W Chen wrote:
> System name: scyther.mit.edu
> Type and version: i686 9.2.29 (with mkserv)
> Display type: nVidia Corporation NV17 [GeForce4 MX 420] (rev a3)
>
> Shell: /bin/athena/tcsh
> Window manager: sawfish
>
> What were you trying to do?
> Use the mouse normally.
>
> What's wrong:
> Once every few weeks, mouse clicks no longer do anything, though the
> mouse cursor can be moved around normally. A few OLC users have also
> reported this problem.
>
> What should have happened:
> Mouse clicks should work. I've found that one workaround to this
> problem is to run "killall sawfish; sawfish &"
>
> Please describe any relevant documentation references:
>
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Kevin Chen
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